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Reading the Near Graduation lane
A Near Graduation alert means a launch is nearing the point where it leaves the launchpad curve for a regular pool.
Fried Potato watches the launch lane because most failed tokens fail there. The Near Graduation channel is its raw input; the checks below are the filter.
In short: launch-stage tokens change fastest. Liquidity is thin, holders are few and one wallet can move the chart. Fried Potato reads each Near Graduation alert as a starting point for checks, never as a verdict.
One habit: Compare market cap with liquidity. A small pool under a large cap means a thin exit. Check the top ten holders, the share held by the deployer and whether liquidity is locked or burned before anything else.
The live feed
Loading live Near Graduation alerts…
Screen: market cap at least $20.0K, liquidity at least $10.0K, at least 250 holders. Charts open on GMGN.
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What the record says
The scoreboard does not yet hold enough mature Near Graduation alerts on Solana to publish a rate. The chain-wide figure over 7 days: 25 % of alerts reached 2x within 24 hours and 79 % died within the day.
Source: Blackhat alert scoreboard, updated 2026-09-23. Full scoreboard.
How we read a contract
Fried Potato runs these checks on each Near Graduation alert.
| # | Check |
|---|---|
| 1 | Search the contract in the Empire Telegram network to see other alerts on it. |
| 2 | Look for bundled launch buys: several wallets buying in the same block. |
| 3 | Check whether mint and freeze authorities are revoked where the chain allows them. |
| 4 | Open the chart and confirm the pool, the pair and the liquidity figure. |
| 5 | Compare volume with liquidity and holder growth. |
The filter
The rule behind this page. Fried Potato keeps an alert only if it passes all of these:
- market cap at least $20.0K
- liquidity at least $10.0K
- at least 250 holders
At build time the lane held 26 recent alerts covering about 1 hours; 2 of them cleared the screen. Those that passed had a median market cap of $37.6K, median liquidity of $23.6K and about 569 holders. Thin pools were common: 19 of 26 had less than 10 % of their cap in liquidity. Median concentration in the lane: 2 % of supply in the top ten wallets.
None of the recent alerts passed at build time, so the board may show a wider view until new alerts qualify.
Values measured on 2026-09-23 from the Empire feed. The screen is a filter, not a recommendation.
From the @empiresolneargrad lane
Recorded on 2026-09-23 from the Empire feed. Fried Potato keeps a short log so the page shows real alerts even without scripts.
- CX alerted at 15:04 UTC. Market cap $57.3K, liquidity $2.5K, 53 holders.
- SOLCAT printed at 14:57 UTC with a $40.2K market cap and $12.1K in the pool, 11 holders.
- CX printed at 14:55 UTC with a $34.9K market cap and $22.6K in the pool, 147 holders.
- At 14:53 UTC the feed caught swappy: cap $56.9K, liquidity $2.5K, 53 holders, top 10 holding 2 %.
- At 14:46 UTC the feed caught Project: cap $55.1K, liquidity $2.3K, 4 holders, top 10 holding 2 %.
- Fund alerted at 14:45 UTC. Market cap $27.0K, liquidity $20.0K, 256 holders.
- 14:41 UTC · CHICK entered the lane at $25.2K; pool depth $18.0K, 83 holders.
Recorded values, not live prices. Charts open on GMGN with the publisher's referral code.
Network history
| Token | Chain | First alert cap | Tracked cap | Multiple | Report |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GrokBot | SOL | $70K | $4400K | 63x | 2026-08-24 |
| Polycat | SOL | $25K | $430K | 17x | 2026-08-24 |
| Frug | SOL | $29K | $551K | 19x | 2026-08-26 |
| fone | SOL | $44K | $23800K | 538x | 2026-08-30 |
Picked from the network's dated XTRACK outcome reports. A market-cap multiple is not a trading profit, and most alerted tokens did far worse.
Before you ask
What is Fried Potato?
It is one of the Empire's public desks. It watches Near Graduation alerts on Solana, prints them live and explains how to check each one.
What does the chart link do?
It opens the token on GMGN. Chart links carry the publisher's referral code, so the network may earn a commission if you trade there.
Does Fried Potato hold or sell tokens it shows?
The desk does not trade from this page and does not take payment from projects for listing them.
Where do the alerts come from?
They come from the Empire's own pipeline, which reads chain data, launchpads and wallet trackers and posts to its Telegram channels.